Aerospace Graduation Alumni Speaker
Moriba Jah (Aero Engr MS'01, PhD'05) is an associate professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin where he is the holder of the Mrs. Pearlie Dashiell Henderson Centennial Fellowship in Engineering.
His research interests are in non-gravitational astrodynamics and advanced/non-linear multi-sensor/object tracking, prediction, and information fusion. His expertise is in space object detection, tracking, identification, and characterization, as well as spacecraft navigation.
He received his BS in Aerospace Engineering from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona, and his MS and PhD in Aerospace Engineering Sciences from the University of Colorado Boulder specializing in astrodynamics and statistical orbit determination.
Prior to UT Austin, Jah held positions in the Air Force Research Laboratory directed energy and vehicles directorates and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he was a spacecraft navigator on multiple Mars missions.
Jah has served on the US delegation to the United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, is an elected Academician of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), and has testified to Congress on his work as related to Space Situational Awareness and Space Traffic Management.
Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences will host a spring ceremony for all graduating aerospace students. The event will feature multiple speakers and all graduates will have their name announced and be able to walk across the stage to receive their diploma cover. This event is separate from the campus-wide commencement.
Thursday, May 11
Friday, May 12
Live English and Spanish captioning will be provided during the recognition ceremony. English captions will be on the screen in the CU Events Center and Spanish captioning is available on your device at this link.
Can't make the Friday ceremony in person? It will be live streamed on YouTube here.
Graduation Frequently Asked Questions
Campus-Wide Commencement FAQs can be found here.
For additional aerospace ceremony questions please contact aeroevents@colorado.edu